In This Issue 23
Peace & Conflict Management A tip of the hat to the following members who just recently updated their Club membership status: Chapeau aux membres suivants qui ont tout récemment mis à jour leur adhésion au Club: 6380 Marc Jette; 6326 Walter S Yankowich; 6719 Michel Matte – Lifetime Membership;10627 Edward Smith; 3384 Charlie Kingston.…
Ex-Cadets in the News
LCol Carla Harding, new CO for 2 Service Battalion 19350 Carla Hruska Harding Source General (Ret) Walter John Natynczyk, former C.D.S. new President of the C. S. A. Source xxxxxxxxxxx First Military Member Recognized with the “Prix Hermes” 17312 Jennie Carignan Source Canadian army turns to British composer for new official march 10763 Randall Wakelam…
Debates of the Senate (Hansard): Royal Military College—Selection of Principal
Sen Romeo Dallaire on RMC selection of a new principal …Debates – Issue 171 – June 6, 2013: Royal Military College—Selection of Principal Hon. Roméo Antonius Dallaire: Honourable senators, I will go back to history again to look into the future with this question. It starts in 1874 when a predecessor of your party, Sir…
Class of ’64 grad donates 4,000 rare and unusual volumes to the F.F. Library
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx On Tuesday, 11 June 2013, a ceremony was held in the Fort Frontenac Library which honoured 6137 Wyn van der Shee (Class of 1964). Specifically, the ceremony formally recognized Wyn’s exceptionally generous donation of his personal collection of approximately 4,000 rare and unusual volumes to the Fort Frontenac Library in Kingston, Ontario. While…
The Way it Was In Photos
We have been digging up some photos from the past. Regretfully, there is little or no information attached to the photos. If you recognize the occasion please feel free to leave a comment. The big question is: What was “The Major” doing wearing a #3 RMC jersey? What was the occasion? Enjoy!
Former DCdt Tim Ryley In Conversation with Victoria Edwards
FIRST IN A SERIES OF ARTICLES ON FORMER DIRECTOR OF CADETS E3161 Victoria Edwards (RMC 2003) interviewed 3927 Col (Ret) Charles (aka Tim) E. S. Ryley (RRMC RMC 1957), who served as Director of Cadets from August 1975 to July 1977 at RMC. e-veritas: How did you find your workload at Military College as opposed…
What are these 24 up to these days…?
Director of Game Development President at SET International Project Engineer at Honeywell Aerospace Director, Military, Security and College Relations at Royal Roads University Standards Pilot – Flight Technical & Operations at WestJet First Officer at WestJet Senior Director, Security and Accreditation at Toronto 2015 Pan/Parapan American Games Organizing Committee ATV Phase E Cargo Integration Engineer…
Opinion: Disabled and Homeless Veterans
Disabled and Homeless Veterans “It is frightening to me just how many of these relatively young but severely damaged people feel like I am their last hope.” I am aware that we can make statistics say whatever we want but the latest rumour I have gleaned, from an interesting network, is that 1 in every…
LFTSP & ATWOP – Year-End Wrap-up
LFTSP & ATWOP by 22358 Capt Thomas LaCroix Although the college population decreased significantly in May, students across the highway at the Department of Applied Military Studies are just winding up their studies as part of the Land Force Technical Staff Programme (LFTSP) Serial XVIII and the Army Technical Warrant Officer Programme (ATWOP) Serial X.…
RMC Saint-Jean & Operation Husky 2013
What is Operation Husky 2013? By 26764 David Domagala On the night of July 9, 1943, the allies landed on the beaches of Sicily, which commenced the Italian campaign during WWII. Canadians, British and Americans fought on the Island of Sicily for 40 days, effectively pushing the Germans out of Sicily and liberating the Italians…
Catching Up With the News
Local student gets scholarship to military college Brigadier General Omer Lavoie, Senior Fellow of New Westminster College Treble Victor military vets form business network…/ Captains of industry Élections en Iran – Vers la fin de l’influence de Téhéran au Moyen-Orient Pierre Pahlavi – Professeur au Département des études de la défense du Collège des Forces…